Ben Cardin actually said...

These are the kind of concrete steps we take that we think can provide real-world results.

Corruption is a direct threat to U.S. national security and global peace and prosperity.

Corruption threatens our national security, economic equity, global anti-poverty and development efforts, and democracy itself.

The U.S. has tremendous leverage in our conversations with Israel, and we use that leverage. We don't have to do it through conditionality.